On September 18th, Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, led a delegation and visited the Medical College of Tianjin University. This visit aimed to promote the exchange between China and the UK’s medical education and medical industry. Mr.Burnham noted that the newly established Intelligent Medicine Major at Tianjin University would be a demonstration of China’s active move to engage in the global artificial intelligence industry, and help people to learn more about the potential application of AI in the medical industry.
Tianjin University established its Medical College in April, 2018. The university was the first in China to be approved to establish a medical undergraduate major in the direction of Intelligence, with the Medical Science and Engineering School in the Medical College providing education resources. Zhong Denghua, the President of Tianjin University, while meeting with Andy Burham said, “Science is a common course of humanity. As the scientific research becomes more complex and scale-demanding with epochal characteristics, it is natural and necessary to have international exchange and cooperation in science and technology. Facing the challenges that AI poses on the future of human beings, Tianjin University has always upheld the mission of strengthening the country by improving education and forged win-win partnerships with universities at home and abroad. We are trying to develop AI technology in the hope of providing Chinese wisdom and a Chinese solution for improving the world’s intelligent medical technology and industry.
During the visit, the two sides jointly held a high-end forum on intelligent medical education and industry between China and the UK. Thirty professors, specialists and business leaders from more than 20 artificial intelligence companies and related units from China and the UK participated in the forum and exchanged ideas on medical education, medical research and medical industry. Vice President Hu Wenping of Tianjin University, Rhys Whalley (Executive Director of Manchester China Forum), Richard Cotton (Head of International Recruitment of the University of Manchester), Ben Bridgewater (CEO of Health Innovation Manchester), James Blackwood (Chief Operating Officer of SimplifAI), Liu Yi (Chairman of Andon Health Company Limited), Toni Wang (International Business Director of Tellyes Scientific Technology Co., Ltd.), and Cheng Longlong (Big Data Scientist of China Electronics Corporation) also attended the forum.
After the meeting, Mr. Burnham and his team visited the laboratory of MCTU to see the world's first artificial neural robot system "Shengong No. 1" for high-heavy post-stroke rehabilitation, and high-performance brain-computer interaction system for aerospace operation platform. Mr. Burnham gave credit to the achievements TJU has made in intelligent medical development, and hoped that both sides could maintain close ties around talent training, scientific research and discipline construction in the field of intelligent medicine.
By Dong Xinyue from Medical College
Editors: Yin Wei & Doris Harrington
